Dr. Niranjan Vijayaraghavan is a Medical Oncologist with over 10 years of clinical experience, including specialized training in Radiation Oncology (MD, JIPMER, Pondicherry) and super-specialization in Medical Oncology (DM, Madras Medical College, Chennai). He holds additional certifications including ECMO and MRCP (SCE) in Medical Oncology, along with DrNB Medical Oncology. His clinical focus spans gynecologic, head & neck, hepatobiliary, and hematologic cancers, with active involvement in multidisciplinary tumor boards, chemotherapy and radiotherapy planning, and palliative/bereavement care. He has an active research profile with 13+ publications in peer-reviewed journals, several international conference presentations (ESTRO, ESMO, AOS), and multiple academic awards and gold medals throughout his training.
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Experience
2022
Senior Resident (DM Medical Oncology) – Madras Medical College, Chennai (September 2019 – August 2022)
His 3-year super-specialty training:
Year 1: Ward management, chemo administration, oncological emergencies, supportive care
Year 2: Outpatient clinics and day-care chemotherapy management
Year 3: Multidisciplinary Tumor Board participation, 2-month Bone Marrow Transplant unit posting, and a 3-month exclusive posting in Gynec-Oncology at the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2019
Senior Resident, Radiation Oncology – HBCH & MPMMC, Varanasi (July 2019 – August 2019)
A brief one-month stint functioning as a full Radiation and Clinical Oncologist — staging investigations, radiation therapy planning/monitoring, chemotherapy scheduling and administration, treating up to 40 patients/day at OPD and independently planning 20 new patients/week. Also involved in weekly mortality & morbidity meetings and community awareness services.
2019
Postgraduate Trainee (MD Radiation Oncology) – JIPMER, Puducherry (July 2016 – June 2019)
A 3-year specialist training program:
Year 1: Ward management, chemotherapy administration, oncological emergencies, radiotherapy supportive care, outpatient assistance
Year 2: Intermediate simulator-based planning for site-specific malignancies, brachytherapy, outpatient clinics, day-care chemotherapy
Year 3: Advanced radiotherapy planning (IMRT, VMAT, IGRT) plus brachytherapy, active participant in Multidisciplinary Tumor Board meetings, independent outpatient services, and a 2-month palliative care posting
2016
Junior Resident – Department of Thoracic Medicine, ESIC Medical College & PGIMSR, Chennai (May 2016 – June 2016)
Right after MBBS, he worked as a non-academic junior resident for a month, managing occupational lung disease, COPD, tuberculosis, and lung cancers. He performed thoracocentesis and ICD (intercostal drainage) insertions, took classes for MBBS students, and conducted a CME on childhood asthma.
N. Kesavan Memorial Gold Medal in General Medicine — Pondicherry University
N. Kesavan Memorial Gold Medal in Obstetrics and Gynecology — Pondicherry University
Dr. S. Choudary Memorial Gold Medal for Topper in MBBS Final Exams — Pondicherry University
Prof Ramachandra Endowment Gold Medal in Medical Oncology — T.N Dr. MGR University
Best Abstract during the Masterclass in Genitourinary Cancers — November 2021
2nd Prize in the Quiz Competition at ISMPO Conference — January 2022
3rd Prize in ICON Quiz — January 2022
2nd Prize in SPEAK Program (conducted by Sun Pharma) — May 2022
ECMO (European Certificate in Medical Oncology) – 2022
MRCP (SCE) Medical Oncology – 2023
Research & Publications
01
Assessment of acute toxicities and early local recurrences in post-mastectomy breast cancer patients by accelerated hypofractionated radiotherapy — Heart, 2020
02
Prevalence of HPV 16/18 Subtypes Among Invasive Cervical Cancer Patients from a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India — Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology, 2020
03
Treatment Outcomes of Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma: A Single-Center Experience from India — South Asian Journal of Cancer, 2022
04
Clinical Profile and Treatment Outcomes of Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumors of the Uterus — Cureus, 2023
05
Therapy-Related Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in a Patient with Carcinoma Cervix Post-chemo-radiation Using Cisplatin — Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology, 2018
06
Primary Cerebral Rhabdomyosarcoma — An Oncological Headache — Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy, 2021
07
Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern in E. coli Causing UTI Among Inpatients — Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2014
08
Survival After Cardiac Metastasis in Malignant Disease of the Head and Neck (co-author) — JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 2019
09
Granulocytic Sarcoma: A Case Series and Review (co-author) — Journal of Applied Hematology, 2021
10
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Masquerading As Testicular Mass: A Case Report (co-author) — Cureus, 2023
11
Change in Dysphagia and Laryngeal Function After Radical Radiotherapy in Laryngopharyngeal Malignancies (co-author) — Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy, 2021
12
Laryngeal Dose Correlation with Voice Changes in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Treated by VMAT — Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2019
13
Validating RTOG RPA Classes of Brain Metastases in Patients Treated with Whole Brain Radiation — LUNG, 2018
14
Factors Associated with Compliance to Radiotherapy in Underserved Head and Neck Cancer Patients (co-author) — Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2018
15
Evolution of Acute Toxicities in Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy of Uterine Cervix Cancer (co-author) — Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2018
16
ESTRO 2018, Barcelona — Validating RTOG RPA Classes of brain metastases in patients treated with whole brain radiation
17
AOS 2020 — Cisplatin-Gemcitabine chemotherapy for inoperable metastatic cholangiocarcinoma: An Indian experience
18
ESMO Gynecological Cancer Congress, Valencia, June 2022 — Clinical profiles and treatment outcomes of malignant mixed Mullerian tumor of the uterus
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